HELP?! Will large backsplash be too "seamed" installed?
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backsplash install help! is this acceptable?
Comments (21)Please believe me, I'm not trying to excuse your tile guy, but is it possible that the sheets themselves had defects? Even so, like others above, I agree that the tile guy should have noticed and brought it up at the time. The longer they "cure" the harder they're going to be to remove and/or adjust. When is he coming back? Has he offered any other solution, other than it won't be visible when it's grouted? I hope he resolves this. These tiles are too gorgeous for you not to be happy with the finished product....See MoreSeam between counter and backsplash discolored? (help?)
Comments (7)I've been googling madly about silicone and this is what I've found. They are not all created equal and some of the cheap ones attract dirt. I think that's what's happened here. In defense of the fabricator, I think they haven't installed much white quartz and I don't think you'd notice the grimy looking silicone on granite. Also, I wonder whether they did an inadequate job of cleaning the surface before they applied the silicone. Maybe it looks dirty because there's some dirt in there? Do I have any recourse here? Should the fabricator help me out? It doesn't seem reasonable that 3 months out, the joint looks bad. I think at the very least, I should call the fabricator who installed my quartz and let them know that they need to use a higher quality silicone for white quartz installations. How do I find out which silicone is best when I replace the existing caulk? I'm worried about the silicone that's down in the joint that I won't be able to reach. I think they put a bead of silicone on the edge of the counter near the wall and then put the backsplash piece on top. That silicone will be impossible to get out. If I cover it with white silicone, will it look OK? Is white silicone opaque? I'm upset about this because one of the big issues I had with my old kitchen was that no matter how clean I kept it, it never looked clean (thanks to the 1970s color scheme). Now I have a new kitchen with a 15 foot long seam that looks grimy no matter what I do. Ugh....See MoreHelp with laying large backsplash tiles (26" by 17").
Comments (9)I always try and lay the tile out on the floor or tape it to a wall (a sheet of OSB and some brads will support large format tile) and try different configurations. I usually take pictures and do some composites in Photoshop until I am satisfied. For my bathroom above, I probably went through 10 different tiles before I found the look I wanted. I tried everything from a natural gray lime stone with fossil inclusions, driftwood colored wood look tile, several porcelain "stone" patterns and what I finally settled on. I also tried vertical, running bond and the simple stacked pattern that was really the only option for the tile I selected....See MoreHow large a tile is too large for kitchen backsplash and shower walls?
Comments (3)I like those ideas for the shower. Thanks. What about the kitchen backsplash? How large is too large? I can't use Sea Pearl quartzite (my countertop) because my fabricator had to redo a 10ft section of the quartzite I had chosen, so to replace it, he chose a cheaper Sea Pearl that had a different texture and a different color to it. So, I have 10 ft of the mismatched quartzite, three ft of cooktop, and 2 ft of the original quartzite which matches the island. Impossible to match the quartzite on both ends of the counter. My contractor and I have been trying to decide if he can use 6"x12" glass tile for the backsplash, but we can't stagger the tiles where we wouldn't have 1/2" slivers of a U shaped tile. We both think it will break. If I could use larger tile, it might help....See MoreTracy Mongoven
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